| Publications [#270421] of adrian c. angold
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- Costello, EJ; Copeland, W; Angold, A (2011). Trends in psychopathology across the adolescent years: what changes when children become adolescents, and when adolescents become adults?. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 52(10), 1015-1025. [21815892], [doi]
(last updated on 2023/06/01)
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Little is known about changes in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders between childhood and adolescence, and adolescence and adulthood. METHODS: We reviewed papers reporting prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders separately for childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. Both longitudinal and cross-sectional papers published in the past 15 years were included. RESULTS: About one adolescent in five has a psychiatric disorder. From childhood to adolescence there is an increase in rates of depression, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and substance use disorders (SUD), and a decrease in separation anxiety disorder (SAD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). From adolescence to early adulthood there is a further increase in panic disorder, agoraphobia, and SUD, and a further decrease in SAD and ADHD. Other phobias and disruptive behavior disorders also fall. CONCLUSIONS: Further study of changes in rates of disorder across developmental stages could inform etiological research and guide interventions.
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